T-Mobile had its Uncarrier 9 event earlier today, and it didn't have anything to do with HTC's announcement. They just happened to be on the same day. John Legere took to the stage as usual with a bombastic attitude and sly smirk to deliver the news. The announcements mostly revolve around business accounts, but there are a few juicy bits for consumers too.

On the business front, there are three main reforms—simpler pricing, bonus business tools, and business family discounts. Here are the details from T-Mobile.

Un-carrier plan for business

Simple and 100% transparent pricing puts an end to the pricing shell game perpetuated by the carriers. Every line comes with unlimited talk, text and up to 1 GB of data on America’s fastest nationwide 4G LTE network. Businesses can choose to buy data per line or with a new pooled data option.

Tools to mobilize your business

Through a partnership with GoDaddy and Microsoft, T-Mobile’s offering Simple Choice business customers a free .com mobile optimized site through an exclusive new partnership with GoDaddy. Additionally, the new program includes a free domain-based email account powered by Microsoft Office 365.

Business Family Discounts

T-Mobile will now count a company-paid line as the first line on your employee’s family plan − so employees can save up to 50% on their Simple Choice family plan.

T-Mobile has opted to make each business line $15 for unlimited talk/text and 1GB of LTE data. Additional data can be added on a per-line basis ($10 for 2GB more, $30 for unlimited). Businesses can also use shared data pools that are only charged based on usage. T-Mobile is also offering better discounts if workers set up their families on T-Mobile.

The bonus business tools are a little weird. T-Mobile will offer a free .com domain name to businesses, as well as a custom email domain powered by Office 365.

On the consumer side, there are two main additions. Carrier Freedom is a program that extends T-Mobile's ETF reimbursement scheme to cover installment plans and leasing. That means you can switch from something like Verizon's Edge payment plan or AT&T Next, and T-Mobile will pay up to $650 to cover your expenses. The other change is called "Un-contract," and it means T-Mobile promises to honor any promotion you sign up under forever. So for example, that 10GB family plan deal for $100 per month is now permanent. That should make people happy.

Comments

So we'll still enjoy 2.5GB of data per month even after Jan 2016? That's awesome!

By we I mean people on the $100 for 4 lines plan.

Abraham

Well that one was not something you signed up for. They kinda just gave it out, no?
So maybe this won't apply.

KingofPing

He specifically mentioned that one, I believe. It's good. For life.

user311

1st gen Jump for life, Thanks T-mobile!

MatchstickMan

Wait, would that actually stick since they've already changed that policy?

user311

Well I have been grandfathered over everyone I upgraded a phone. One every 6 months on 3 lines so it's stayed on so far. I imagine by what I am reading it will be grandfathered till I cancel.

TMOguy

I'm a sales rep for T-Mobile and as long as you never change your JUMP! 1 feature you will have it for life.

thespacecowboyx

Now they just need to bring back the international calling plan for ALL lines rather than just one. No idea why this was a limited 'promotion'.

enoch861

THIS.

Tim Larimer

What international calling plan is this?

enoch861

You know that $15 International State-Side Calling plan they have? The one that is per line? Well, a few months ago they ran a promotion that allowed you to add that feature for all lines instead of per line. So for 4 lines instead of paying 60 bucks you'd only pay 15 bucks for all of them.

thespacecowboyx

It's actually only $10 if you only want to call landlines (which was OK for me). This would allow me to dump Skype calling plan for calling back to the UK. It's a pretty sweet deal if you call other countries a lot.

Not to rub it in even more, but there was a $5/mo discount on top of that. I have unlimited international mobile/landline calling to 35 countries for all four of my lines for $10/mo total.

enoch861

That's the one I was talking about.. don't know why I put $15... I was just giving an example though.
I still haven't gotten over the fact that we didn't take advantage of that promotion. I hope they have another one soon.

Tim Larimer

Ahhhhh... Thanks. Yeah, I got in on that when pseudoswede did. I didn't realize it changed to a per line deal but I never checked after I signed up for it. I did just check my bill and it hasn't changed. Hopefully they'll re-do the promotion at some point because it's a pretty good if you call overseas a lot.

There's always someone who makes this comment, and I always respond by saying: they're doing both. I've seen coverage improvements in spurts, as you would expect such a thing would go.

thespacecowboyx

As much as I like tmo, service in my home and work have NOT improved at all in the last 18 months. I barely get 1 bar and zero most of the time at work. Google voice number helps a little as it will call on wifi. But the package they sell works for me so i stick with it.

MatthewPDX

Why not just use WiFi calling?

thespacecowboyx

Firstly, because its device dependent (doesn't work on my OnePlus One for example).
Secondly, although it works on my wife's iPhone I had to turn it off. It works on our home wifi, but on some other wifis like the school where she helps out, it doesn't work at all. its not smart enough to flip over to LTE, so she had very inconsistent service which was unacceptable.

Mercedes

I hear you. Unfortunately medium/high band frequencies get destroyed by most office buildings. This is where their new 700Mhz spectrum comes in to play for the markets they own licenses for.

Unfortunately, your OnePlus One doesn't have Band 12 so it can't connect and get the benefits if your in one of the markets where they can deploy it.

Ah, well I guess not everybody has benefitted from T-Mobile's expansion yet. To be honest, I'm not sure what the situation even is with areas that didn't have much coverage at all. I just know that they're converting Edge network areas to LTE. I hope they get to your area soon.

thespacecowboyx

Simple Choice is a great plan. I moved over a few months ago for my three lines, largely due to the truly unlimited data on all lines.

Simply included in every Simple Choice Plan

Travel the world unlimited
Unlimited international data & text in over 120 countries and destinations, at no extra charge. The world is your network.

Text to virtually anywhere
International texting from the U.S. to just about anywhere in the world is part of the package, at no extra charge.

Stream all the music you want
Data charges don’t apply to your infinite playlist. Get unlimited streaming on services like Pandora® and iHeartRadio®.

As a small business owner with only a few employees I am a little bummed it's a 10 line minimum. These do look really great though and flat out beat the competition in most ways.

Myrddin Emrys

Do you pay more than $160 now? In which case... who cares if it's only a few employees if that's still a better deal. The extra lines you don't use can be handed to family, or as perks to employees for their family at barely any cost to you.